Definition
a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)
Traditional renderings: (bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for H7232), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Traditional renderings: (bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for H7232), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָבָה:
- πληθύνωplēthunō“to multiply”60%
- πολύςpolus“much”23%
- πλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn“greater”7%
- πλῆθοςplēthos“multitude”3%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
226 total
- Ezekiel 31:5וַתִּרְבֶּ֨ינָה · multipliedTherefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
- Ezekiel 36:10וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י · I will multiplyI will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
- Ezekiel 36:11וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י · I will fill; וְרָב֣וּ · and they will multiplyI will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 36:29וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י · and make it plentifulI will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Ezekiel 36:30וְהִרְבֵּיתִי֙ · plentifulI will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
- Ezekiel 36:37אַרְבֶּ֥ה · I will multiplyThis is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
- Ezekiel 37:26וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י · and multiplyAnd I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
- Daniel 11:39יַרְבֶּ֣ה · and will greatlyHe will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
- Daniel 12:4וְתִרְבֶּ֥ה · will increaseBut you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Hosea 2:8הִרְבֵּ֥יתִי · who lavishedFor she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
- Hosea 4:7כְּרֻבָּ֖ם · The more they multipliedThe more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
- Hosea 8:11הִרְבָּ֥ה · multipliedThough Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
- Hosea 8:14הִרְבָּ֖ה · has multipliedIsrael has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- Hosea 10:1הִרְבָּה֙ · the more he increasedIsrael was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- Hosea 12:1יַרְבֶּ֑ה · he multipliesEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Hosea 12:10הִרְבֵּ֑יתִי · multipliedI spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
- Amos 4:4הַרְבּ֣וּ · even more“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
- Amos 4:9הַרְבּ֨וֹת · in your growing“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jonah 4:11הַרְבֵּה֩ · more thanSo should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Nahum 3:16הִרְבֵּית֙ · You have multipliedYou have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
- Habakkuk 2:6הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה · to him who amassesWill not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- Haggai 1:6הַרְבֵּ֜ה · muchYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- Haggai 1:9הַרְבֵּה֙ · muchYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Zechariah 10:8וְרָב֖וּ · and they will be as numerous; רָבֽוּ׃ · they once wereI will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.